MidnightRacer Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 Hi all, hoping someone can shed some light on this! Aftermarket head unit fitted, seems to be the same on 2 different units. JDM car When I turn the ignition on the radio comes on and it takes about 3 seconds before I get any decent signal. With a stubby aerial fitted I get about bugger all! I did some digging about the aerial setup and there was reference to the aerial on the 350z being powered and the box was behind the panels in the boot. This I have found and it does indeed seem to be some sort of diversity aerial which isn't easy to remove without cutting it out. I'm tempted to rip the whole lot out and run a new standard aerial cable but before I do can anyone shed any light on the matter, is there a wire in the stock loom I need to connect to power this box up or anything else I'm missing? Thanks in advance Kev Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4RE Leather Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 (edited) All I can say is the reception has always been crap on mine and its a 2009. I tryed a few stubbys.1st one a ebay cheapy and not very good. 2nd a Honda one which was better. But none of them seemed to work better than the OEM one. Its the only one that will keep a local channel when going down reigate Hill towards Gatwick. It's obviously on there for a reason. Is the box in the back you found the AMP one located on the right? Edited March 24, 2013 by 4RE Leather Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wizard Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 Just get DAB radio dude. That's what i'm gonna do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4RE Leather Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 Just get DAB radio dude. That's what i'm gonna do. That will not sort out the reception issues? I was going Dab but was adviced against it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wizard Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 Just get DAB radio dude. That's what i'm gonna do. That will not sort out the reception issues? I was going Dab but was adviced against it! You get another ariel for that is my understanding. Why were you advised against it? What do you use now? Internet radio? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4RE Leather Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 Some one that has one but until I saw the other thread I may reconsider. I thought they were at least a grand for our car! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidnightRacer Posted March 24, 2013 Author Share Posted March 24, 2013 yeah I presume its the AMP. whatever it is its pretty bloody shocking! do you know what powers it? I'm wondering if removing the stock radio has taken away the power supply to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoogyRev Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 I would be tempted to try an original arial just to eliminate the stubby before you spend your time running a new cable Just get DAB radio dude. That's what i'm gonna do. That will not sort out the reception issues? I was going Dab but was adviced against it! You get another ariel for that is my understanding. Why were you advised against it? What do you use now? Internet radio? SMD has DAB and it works a treat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4RE Leather Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 I would be tempted to try an original arial just to eliminate the stubby before you spend your time running a new cable Just get DAB radio dude. That's what i'm gonna do. That will not sort out the reception issues? I was going Dab but was adviced against it! You get another ariel for that is my understanding. Why were you advised against it? What do you use now? Internet radio? SMD has DAB and it works a treat That's what worries me! Anything that has SMD scent on it has me running for the hills:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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